# Population in Chad

Population in Chad was 21 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `td`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/chad
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/chad.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=td

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 21,003,705 |
| 2024 | 20,299,123 |
| 2023 | 19,319,064 |
| 2022 | 18,455,316 |
| 2021 | 17,828,273 |
| 2020 | 17,224,679 |
| 2019 | 16,685,223 |
| 2018 | 16,156,531 |
| 2017 | 15,622,759 |
| 2016 | 15,114,655 |
| 2015 | 14,647,621 |
| 2014 | 14,188,678 |
| 2013 | 13,691,079 |
| 2012 | 13,210,998 |
| 2011 | 12,754,997 |
| 2010 | 12,312,575 |
| 2009 | 11,893,754 |
| 2008 | 11,476,296 |
| 2007 | 11,081,660 |
| 2006 | 10,706,424 |
| 2005 | 10,328,092 |
| 2004 | 9,920,036 |
| 2003 | 9,487,833 |
| 2002 | 9,116,192 |
| 2001 | 8,804,124 |
| 2000 | 8,512,093 |
| 1999 | 8,222,705 |
| 1998 | 7,938,840 |
| 1997 | 7,670,366 |
| 1996 | 7,410,108 |
| 1995 | 7,089,064 |
| 1994 | 6,783,450 |
| 1993 | 6,629,146 |
| 1992 | 6,474,656 |
| 1991 | 6,205,676 |
| 1990 | 5,982,833 |
| 1989 | 5,819,586 |
| 1988 | 5,625,602 |
| 1987 | 5,438,309 |
| 1986 | 5,251,069 |
| 1985 | 5,096,269 |
| 1984 | 5,045,145 |
| 1983 | 4,979,130 |
| 1982 | 4,738,483 |
| 1981 | 4,520,959 |
| 1980 | 4,515,453 |
| 1979 | 4,505,384 |
| 1978 | 4,411,366 |
| 1977 | 4,331,667 |
| 1976 | 4,251,297 |
| 1975 | 4,167,234 |
| 1974 | 4,078,356 |
| 1973 | 3,985,909 |
| 1972 | 3,893,252 |
| 1971 | 3,807,316 |
| 1970 | 3,727,828 |
| 1969 | 3,651,113 |
| 1968 | 3,578,231 |
| 1967 | 3,508,512 |
| 1966 | 3,440,903 |
| 1965 | 3,374,220 |
| 1964 | 3,307,479 |
| 1963 | 3,240,905 |
| 1962 | 3,175,598 |
| 1961 | 3,111,947 |
| 1960 | 3,049,838 |